MACD/Trendline Swing Trader

Discussion in 'Journals' started by retire45, Jan 26, 2008.

  1. inks2002...

    The MACD does tell us though to stay close to the door as the long profit at these levels will be harder to get that than 2 weeks ago... Point being if I were fanatical about low and high MACD trading only as well as patient I should be merrily unloading shares to the JCL's right about now.
     
    #581     Aug 8, 2008
  2. Trendlines, the slope of an expo ma (usually 7), then sort by MACD.. ADX lags even more than MACD and is similar enough I don't use it much anymore..

    I bet you the ADX on UAUA indicates an insanely strong trend...
     
    #582     Aug 8, 2008
  3. #583     Aug 8, 2008
  4. After this I took 109 short and killed the trade day after at 111 or so.. the kiss goodbye of the broken line.

    Rat level patience.. With quite a conviction in the current anti-commodity theme (enough to be long RYL!!) you would think I'd have a commodity short...

    Not a 20/20 hindsight thing at all... An unwillingness to accept profits may be more neurotic than a preference for large losses over small.

    Probably no new trades today.. SPWR nice looking short but no shares.
     
    #584     Aug 11, 2008
  5. 1/2 CAL sold 17.9
    1/2 UAUA sold 12.9
    Last 1/2 RYL sold 23.7
     
    #585     Aug 11, 2008
  6. Interesting to note UYG not over it's July high (MER, LEH, C not bunring up the charts). Homebuilders (MTH!) something else.. Good thing I didn't stubbornly (stupidly?) hang on to those puts.
     
    #586     Aug 11, 2008
  7. Out of CAL 18.5
    Out of UAUA 13.45
     
    #587     Aug 11, 2008
  8. Short BAC 31
    Short WB 16
     
    #588     Aug 12, 2008
  9. Covered
    WB 15.05
    BAC 30.05

    New Longs - Oil Bounce?? Close enough to 110?
    DRYS 71.12
    JRCC 33.07
    HOC 31.94
    MEE 59.16

    New Shorts
    ICE 81.7 early -- break of 80 key..

    S&P Wedge building too perfect to be true.. 1270 "should" be bounce area..
     
    #589     Aug 13, 2008
  10. ICE.. stopped out.. give too short leash, guaranteed stop out, too long... comes and "just" gets you..

    Key stress in trading in oscillating markets is you have to make decisions so often... JRCC.. what to do tomorrow... 37 stops it? If not then 40.
     
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    #590     Aug 13, 2008